The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-02
THE CAREER OF 4 FAk1R.
sene Of tho Experiences OF . TRAVELLING
Side. Showmau.
From the Syracuse Standard.

sene Of tho Experiences OF . Travelling
side.Showman.
From the Syracuse Standard.
The funeral Of Eddie Winger yesterday
morning from st. Joseph's French Catholic
church was largely attended. the accomplished
young fakir having an extended circle Of &C.
quaintances. Burial was In the First ward
cemetery. The Professor" as he was COM
monty called. q title borrowed from side-show
handbils describing his powers OF ventrilo-
apism and legerdemaip; was q well.knoyn
those who lre1uented his mothers little
Hall. over which he presided during the last
fund Of quaint stories Of fakir life. and OF his
ambition to return to 1t and ouIshine some up
He tended d bar only from force Of ciream.
on him and he was compelled to relnquish the
vocation to which he WAS born. Almost to the
last he was hopeful Of recovery, and when the
time came for country fairs he yearncd with
all his professional pride to be holning forth
again to the gaping eountrymen II, IN little ra
with enormous pictures Of snakes, fat women,
living skeletons. and gifted professors like
ons venr hs s q busnsss Mh
each knee representing negro and an Irish
man. w.
was an Ingenious fellow. handy with tools. and
made all sorts OF boxes with false bottoms and
tho Ike ag
and vice versa make them disappear in
manner altogether unacc9untable and mys.
not only duplicate everything that Hermann
tricks that would eclipse the best Of theirs.
lions Of his own which would make him q
nous rs u prcstidigitateur as soon as he 90
the money 10 carry out his plans. He practisei
until he was ,d SUCCESS at i
the Punch and Judy business in It the dr"1ll-
est dS az and aep hs snskS
body,s Besides his other notwithstanding
the. Professor had loud voice and rapid
81 the he TO
forth the list Of brilliant and fascinating at.
wh only thSss rS
the ups and downs, Of the business and was
strange town "a hundred miles away from
homo as when he found himself a hundred dol
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thu State in the winter Of lss3-8i with mu-
store 30 East Washington street, which was
s9psss5lo came one night T., and Levied
torial representation OF wild Pnta2o-
nian cannibal and u beautifulmoss-haired
princess Tuck took all the money the show
had taken In that dav and got drunk, and the
curiosities had not a cent. 1t was bitter cold
night, and when reporters went into the place
at midnight the show, people, nearly freezing,
were trying to weather it through to save
hotel bills. Tho wild PataGonian ibal had
takon the Notwithstanding rings or his cars;
to which, they. were easped. not inserted, and
darky who had been picked up at Boston.
The beautiful moss, haired princess was q
an electric lady" who was bill led to admins
ter a shock to every spectator who touched her
hand. had had to give up to the constable the
electric battery that was concealed under her
chair. Winger, who had loft the show The day
before for not getting his salary as a yentrilo-
Quist. was the only person connected with 1t
that was not a sham and a delusion. A shrewd.
active merry fellow he loved Of all things to
tell those who could appreciate the humor of
them, the innumerable bare faced frauds. the
mermaids, sea monsters, Albino girls. and
such like "curiosities' which side-show men
practisod upon the public.